A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian national movement from 1939 until the outbreak Read More »
Tag Archives: Algeria
Élise ou la vraie vie (1970) Michel Drach, Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont
In 1957, Elise Le Tellier, a young woman from Bordeaux, decides to join her brother Lucien Read More »
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua / La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua (1979) Assia Djebbar
Returning to her native region 15 years after the end of the Algerian war Read More »
Le bal (1983) Ettore Scola, Étienne Guichard, Régis Bouquet, Francesco De Rosa
The 50 year story of a ballroom in France, from the 1920s. The people who go there is always Read More »
The Camp at Thiaroye (1988) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat
In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France Read More »
Papicha (2019) Mounia Meddour, Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Hilda Amira Douaouda
Algiers, 1997. The country is in the hands of terrorist groups that seek to establish an archaic Islamic state. Read More »
West Indies (1979) Med Hondo, Cyril Aventurin, Fernand Berset, Roland Bertin
This vast musical fresco covers hundreds of years of history from enslavement Read More »
Bloody Beans / Loubia hamra (2013) Narimane Mari, Adlane Aïssani, Amir Nourine, Bilal Azil
While the French army is shooting at the OAS, children plunder the French army Read More »
Little Senegal (2000) Rachid Bouchareb, Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem
After many years of having worked as a tour guide at the Senegalese slave museum Read More »
The Citadel / El kalaa (1989) Mohamed Chouikh, Djillali Ain-Tedeles, Khaled Barkat, Fatima Belhadj
In a small village in rural Algeria, the “village idiot” is madly in love with a married woman. Read More »